The role of community health workers and local leaders in reducing attrition among participant in the AIDS indicator survey and HIV incidence in a... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Retention of participants in longitudinal prospective surveys can challenging for population health researchers. Community health workers (CHWs) may help reduce attrition. METHODS: We used
Characterization of the rhesus macaque (<em>Macaca mulatta</em>) scrub typhus model: susceptibility to intradermal challenge with the human pathogen... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus is an important endemic disease in tropical Asia caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi for which no effective broadly protective vaccine is available. The successful evaluation of
A public antibody lineage that potently inhibits malaria infection through dual binding to the circumsporozoite protein (Publications)
Immunization with attenuated Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites (PfSPZs) has been shown to be protective against malaria, but the features of the antibody response induced by this treatment remain uncl
Transportation noise and blood pressure in a population-based sample of adults (Publications)
Background: There is some evidence for an association between traffic noise and ischemic heart disease, however associations with blood pressure have been inconsistent and little is known about health
The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Declining donor funding and competing health priorities threaten the sustainability of malaria programmes. Elucidating the cost and benefits of continued investments in malaria could encou